Splasher-holder



(No Model.)

H. E'. PARKS.

SPLASHER HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 5, 1890;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY E. PARKS, OF OUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO A. M. PARKS, OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

sPLAsHER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,907, dated August 5, 1890. Application led June 8, 1889. Sm'al No. 313,579. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY E. PARKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cuyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Splasher-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a t'ull,

clear, and exact description ot` the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the art to 1o which it appertainsto make and use the same. My invention relates to splasher-holders for wash-stands, and the object of the invention is to provide a holder which is adapted to be attached to the back of a wash stand at greater or less elevation, and has an adjustable horizontal rod at right angles to the standard Jfor supporting the splasher, and a towel-rack on the standard, and the whole made and finished in artistic form and attractzo ive as an article of furniture, substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of one of my newly-improved holders as it appears in position on a washstand. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion of the standard, showing the means for locking the horizontal `rod in position; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of said standard, like- 3o wise showing the cam and the rod, the section ot standard in both cases being enlarged. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the plate of the towel-rack upon the standard, and showing a towel-holder in position for use. Fig. 5 is a 3 5 cross-section of the standard on line x Fig. l, and showing a plan View of the towel-holder plate.

A represents a section of a wash-stand, and B a standard fixed thereto at the back and at 4o one side of the stand by screws b or their equivalent. The standard is shown as raised substantially as far as it will go, but may be lowered at pleasure, thus giving range for taste in this particular and providing for smaller patterns of splasher, when such are preferred. The said standard B may be cast or stamped out of sheet metal, and is provided with a series of openings c on its face, which openings may be of any common or fanciful arms M for holding towels.

form, and are designed to be threaded with 5o ribbon or other material that will give decorative or ornamental eiiiect to the structure. The standard itself is l'xighly tinished upon its exposed surfaces, and wellsuited for the display of feminine skill and taste in the further v combinations that are to be made.

In the drawings, the standard is shown as attached at the right of the Wash-stand; but it it be more convenient for any reason it can as Well be attached at the other side, in which 6o case the splasher-supporti'ng rod C would project in the opposite direction. This rod is made adjustable in the standard B to adapt it to this change of position from side to side, as well as to adapt itto wash-stands of greater or less width and splashers ot greater or less size. The rod Ois'supported in the right-angled tlanges CZ ot' the stant'lard B, and locked and held in any desired adjustment by a cam g, which bears against the back ot the stand- 7c ard between the flanges. By this construction the means of adjustment are not exposed and are made to answer every purpose. One or both ends of the rod O may be provided with a removable head 7i., so that said rod 75 can be taken ont of its bearings and packed. within the flanges of the standard for shipping.

D represents a plate adjustable vertically on the standard B by set-screw K, and pro- 8o vided with openings at intervals to attach the In itself the form of the towel-holder is not new; but it is new so far as I know in the combination here shown and claimed. By releasing the screw 7c the plate D may be removed from the standard B or adjusted higher or lower, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 9o ters Patent, isi l. In a splasher-holder, a standard adapted to be attached to the back ot' a Wash-stand and having an opening near its top to support the splasher-rod, in combination with a splasher-rod in said opening free'to be adjusted to either side of said standard, and a lockfor the rod, whereby the splasher can be Wholly supported on one side or the other of the standard as the case may require, suhs'fantally as Set forth.

2. In a SplzLSher-holder, a Standard having 5 rearwardlyexteuding side flanges d, with opposite holes,in combina/[ion with L removable rod supported in said holes and adjustable to either side of the standard, and a look ou the rod between the flanges, substantially as set Io forth.

A standard provided with flanges, as d,

in Combination with @towel-holder engaging said standard on the edges of the flanges a1. the rear and provided with a look bearing against the standard to hold it at different elevations, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand this 29th day of May, 1889.

HARVEY E. PARKS. Witnesses:

J. C. CASTLE, B. H. LooMIs. 

